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Cake day: July 12th, 2023

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  • The Eps do go downhill after season 2.

    Season 1 is the best, all that janky early space stuff is so cool. Season 2 is pretty good, but some episodes are a bit weak.

    The first episode of S3 was a big let-down. The out of control space hotel, all the obvious engineering design flaws, all those astronauts in one place reacting way too slowly to a crisis. The commander deferring station decisions to Karen Baldwin (not an astronaut), and the convenient dearh of Sam. And the cheesy tension building “if it exceeds 4 gees it explodes” felt like a mediocre sci fi thriller.

    But I kept watching the show. Some of the dramas get progressively sillier and higher stakes, which is entertaining, if you can suspend your technical engineering disbelief, and common sense. It becomes more predictable in building up a character and getting you attached to them right before putting them in mortal peril.

    But I still watched them all because I’m not a quitter.










  • In Australia the owner of the vehicle is presumed responsible. The owner must provide a statutory declaration (legal document that is punishable by jail time if you are caught lying on one) that the vehicle was being driven by someone else.

    However, camera images are now good enough that it’s easy to match face of driver with drivers license photo these days.

    The only way to avoid demerit points is to register the car to a business, and the registered owner must sign a stat Dec confirming that they have no records of who was driving the car at the time, in which case demerit points are omitted and the fine is doubled.

    So business owners here register their personal vehicles as company cars and pay extra licensing fees and double speeding fines to avoid demerits and losing their license. $400 - $1600+for a demerit-worthy speed. During public holidays, like Christmas, demerits and fines are doubled. So a business owner driving 100 in a 60 zone can pay $3200 if flashed by a camera on Christmas or Easter.